Cat. #1012 (MFH #173) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 7, 1969
VERSE 1
One evenin' late as I rambled
On th bank of a clear flowin' stream
I sit down on a bank of prim roses
An' quickly I fell into a dream
VERSE 2
I dreamed that I saw a fair maiden
Her equal they never saw before
As she sighed for th wrongs of her country
As she strayed along Erin's green shore
VERSE 3
Her cheeks were like two bloomin' roses
Her teeth was ivory so white
Her eyes like two sparklin' diamonds
On a cold, cold winters night
VERSE 4
She looked like th godless of freedom
Her beauty I never saw before
She cried for th wrongs of her country
As she slunder thru Erin's green shore
VERSE 5
When I awoken I found it was but a dream
A beautiful damsel had flown
O, how I wished I was dreamin' again
Of many th gods of th shore
VERSE 6
How many Gods of Heaven look down on her
For never shall see her no more
May th true sun of Heaven shine on her
As she wandered on Erin's green shore